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Originally Posted by sssoundsss Peeps. I'm a beginning drummer looking to get a kit for the above mentioned styles.....think dry, punchy, tight - Roy Ayers, Chic, EWF, Harvey Mason etc.
I thought about asking on the Pearl forum but, let's face it, that place is full of drummers! 
What would be a good new kit to get? Budget isn't really an issue, though I'm wary of spending too much and ending up with a Dave Weckl sound  .
Also I'm sure the guys on those funky-assed records back in the 70's weren't all playing on top-o-the range kits (or maybe they were? - you tell me)
I'd like to buy something new as I'm a bit scared of buying a lemon (being inexperienced and all).
Lastly, I'm looking for a good studio sounding kit (if that means anything to anyone!)
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Try this out.
When you buy your kit - if you have that small tight funk kit - possibly with a (maybe metal) piccolo snare - mic it up in a really small dead room with one 451 pretty much front and center, and see if that don't make you smile
Nice tight, focused sound - learned that trick from Paul Taylor during a recording of Roberta Flack with Bernard Wright's band - including Dean Brown and Phil Hamilton (Luthor's band) and PUGI BELL. That was THE FUNKIEST SESSION EVER!!!!!
I'll never recover from that session. I got totally funked up
Good luck.
That Gretch kit is lookin' REAL NICE!!!
